Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: May 15, 1933

The Mask & the Face (by Luigi Chiarelli; Theatre Guild, producer). Count Paolo Grazia (Stanley Ridges) deeply pitied his cuckold friend Zanotti (Leo G. Carroll). In fact, he was a little disgusted with Zanotti's philosophic complacency in regard to Signora Zanotti's shameless philandering. Zanotti held that a woman, being essentially frivolous, was not to be blamed for her perverse breaches of the moral code. As for the Count, he'd kill his wife (Judith Anderson) if he caught her in another man's arms, that's what he'd do. Just before the close of Act...

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